Mutation-based software testing using program schemata

  • Authors:
  • Roland H. Untch

  • Affiliations:
  • Clemson University Clemson, SC

  • Venue:
  • ACM-SE 30 Proceedings of the 30th annual Southeast regional conference
  • Year:
  • 1992

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Abstract

Mutation analysis is a powerful technique for assessing the quality of test data used in unit testing software. Unfortunately, current automated mutation analysis systems suffer from severe performance problems. In this paper the principles of mutation analysis are reviewed, current automation approaches are described, and a new method of performing mutation analysis is outlined. Performance improvements of over 300% are reported and other advantages of this new method are highlighted.